Because of how the holidays fell this year, Trav and I were unable to spend the actual week of Christmas with either of our families; instead, we’re seeing my folks in a few weeks here in Chapel Hill, and this past weekend, we met his parents in Asheville, for a long weekend centered around Christmas…
Tag: christmas lights
worth getting up for this fall
Worth getting up for this fall: Kev and Angela’s wedding; college basketball, and thus our UNCWBB season tickets starting; house shows; soups in the crock pot; ostentatious displays of Christmas lights; boats covered in Christmas lights; making people I love go look at things that horrify and amaze me all at once; the re-created Rathskellar…
making my own fun: crystal coast holiday flotilla
shep. and I are into holiday lights, so we drove to Beaufort to look at boats with lights on. The boats with lights on were excellent, would look again. Full set here.
song share: santa is an asshole
I lucked out: I was supposed to be at work today, but our handsome and benevolent president closed all federal offices in thanks for our hard work, so I’m not at work; I’m listening to holiday music and drafting blog posts at home. You might be at work, though, and I am sorry that you…
baltimore: lights on 34th street.
baltimore: lights on 34th street., originally uploaded by minervacat. I don’t have a lot of shame when it comes to music I love; if I like it, I like it, and that’s that. But I have some shame when it comes to this: my favorite Christmas album is not a classic, and it’s not even…
baltimore: lights on 34th street.
baltimore: lights on 34th street., originally uploaded by minervacat. I grew up in a household where holiday music, both secular and religious, was taken seriously; the Maternal Unit has one of the greatest collections of holiday music I have ever encountered. When I was a kid, she owned — still does, probably, but now the bulk of…
local 506
local 506, originally uploaded by minervacat. and i said “thank you, each and every one of you, for loving me at my worst” — the Whitlams, “Thank You”
the spikedrivers @ the blind tiger
the spikedrivers @ the blind tiger, originally uploaded by minervacat. Rocking my world in terms of inspiration this week: Stop Down, a photo project by Bill Sullivan centered on shots taken as elevator doors close. Way more fascinating than the description sounds. Who Shot Rock & Roll: a history of rock photography. The photos are…
christmas at the cradle
christmas at the cradle, originally uploaded by minervacat. Rocking my world in terms of inspiration this week: Zachery Fein’s work in shooting abandoned parts of Detroit. Un-fucking-believably gorgeous and heartbreaking shots. This crazy hilarious Nikon ad from the ’70s. book lovers never go to bed alone. Gorgeous gorgeous blog full of shots of books. This…